Fall Foliage and Roses

So, I've been an absentee blogger lately.  You see, I used to do the bulk of my blog writing and reading during the day, but I've been working during the day and my Hubby has totally been hijacking the computer every night.  UGH! 

So, today Hubby and I were off to go to J's field trip.  The field trip required a road trip, which gave me a chance to look at some pretty fall foliage. 

I love those pretty red maples.  This picture was taken at a local mall parking lot, as you can tell.  But the tree is pretty.  Meanwhile, in my grown up weed infested flower bed, this is what is growing...

Really?  Is that normal or do my roses just not know what season it is?  Hmmm.  Not sure. 

Bring On The Pumpkins!

So, fall is upon us and I'm so excited.  I'm ready for the cooler air.  I am ready for haybales, the soup and chili, falling leaves and.....pumpkins.  My kids are asking for pumpkins every single time we hit Wal-Mart.  My two youngest kiddos both have field trips to the pumpkin patch in October.  So, I've been thinking about doing something different than the usual pumpkin carving.  Last year I wanted to do a monogram pumpkin, but never got around to it.  I'm definitely doing a polka dot pumpkin this year, since dots are my thang, y'all.  Here are a few other ideas that I thought were super cute:

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I love the Silhouette dog, but mine would have to be a boxer.  Cute ideas, right?  So, how about you?  Will you be doing the typical carving?  Just decorating with natural pumpkins?  Or do you have something just a little different up your sleeve?

Cute, Mini Pumpkins

I've said before that fall is my favorite season.  I love all things fall.  The problem is that I usually don't get motivated to decorate for fall because by the time it finally cools off outside, it's almost time to decorate for Christmas.  Today the high is 87 degrees, which is waaaay to hot for hay bales, pumpkins, scarecrows, indian corn, etc.  BUT I did finally buy a few little things.  E begged for the tiny pumpkins at Wal-Mart yesterday and I found a few gourds at our local produce stand.  I saw Holly's Fall Wreath she made from leaves she bought at the DollarTree and knew I had to get some of those leaves.  My DT didn't have the exact same leaves, but they did have a bag of 150 leaves for $1.  So, I brought it all home and E arranged it in my favorite wooden dough bowl. 

I like the way it looks, but it was too small for my kitchen table so I moved it into the living room on my New Old TV Stand. 

It looked a little scimpy with my big ole mirror, so......

I dug my red berry wreath (which I realize may be more winter than fall, but I needed some color and I had it on hand) out of the closet for some color and added the black paisley ribbon which I had in my stash.  I just stapled the ribbon to the back of the mirror (and managed to staple my hand in the process).    I think it looks pretty good for the bargain price of $5.00. 

**I know the lighting is HORRIBLE.  I did actually clean the mirror before I took this picture, but it doesn't look like it.

Hope everyone had a great weekend!  I'm linking up to Frugalicious Friday @ Finding Fabulous and: